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RE: Are you a US Citizen Excited About the Upcoming EOS Token Distribution? I Have Some Terrible News For You.

in #eos8 years ago

From what I gather, you have to check off a form that indicates you are not a US citizen when participating in the Token Distribution. This is, I'm sure, put into place to keep EOS 100% compliant in US laws. Unsure though about the whole "being a US citizen in a different country" legal situation though. My guess is, its still probably a no go.

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But are you required to show an ID? If there is no ID, then it is harder for them to know where you are from. They should not have the right to know. Cryptocurrency is not supposed to be centralized. If they require you to tell you who you are, then that is not really decentralized. It seems that they are trying to control money and centralize the money.

Checking up on more posts, like this one from @dawidrams , it looks like it is just a compliance checkbox: